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By: Victor Brumby https://blog.europlate.org.uk/2014/05/11/fake-vehicle-registration/#comment-26244
Sat, 08 Oct 2016 13:34:47 +0000http://blog.europlate.org.uk/?p=2262#comment-26244Somehow I’ve overlooked your q, P123- sorry. It was parked in Hyde Park, central London and had a cheerful Libyan owner, quite happy to speak.
The red on white colouring was new to me, for Libya, and still may not be ‘official’. He said it was temporary/transit. Possibly an exit plate, to get out,
though I would have thought one left such a country by simply opening one’s wallet at the border, and giving the officer the appropriate perquisite. – Victor B
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By: plates123 https://blog.europlate.org.uk/2014/05/11/fake-vehicle-registration/#comment-23294
Sat, 07 Nov 2015 20:28:27 +0000http://blog.europlate.org.uk/?p=2262#comment-23294Very true, thanks for the tip, I haven’t been to Dover in a while and should go again.
Vic – slightly unrelated, but I’m interested by your sighting of LAR 2-5-185409. I hope you don’t mind me asking where you saw it?
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By: Victor Brumby https://blog.europlate.org.uk/2014/05/11/fake-vehicle-registration/#comment-22892
Sun, 25 Oct 2015 00:10:19 +0000http://blog.europlate.org.uk/?p=2262#comment-22892Plates 123 – of course, another worthy spotplatz is aot the entrance/ exit to Dover car ferry. Most wheeled traffic enters through there, so one can see absolutely everything which comes and goes. I have done the odd day there and once stayed over in an appalling town hotel so as to get a second day in. Only snag is that the vehicles are on the move, so photography can be tough. Vic – Oct.2015′
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By: plates123 https://blog.europlate.org.uk/2014/05/11/fake-vehicle-registration/#comment-16030
Fri, 02 Jan 2015 20:47:04 +0000http://blog.europlate.org.uk/?p=2262#comment-16030No problem. Yes I am aware of the arab visitors to mayfair/knightsbridge. I just thought that given the huge numbers of people that visit London, combined with the large immigrant population would surely have good results. Personally I have seen some interesting things this year in London, such as latvia diplomatic and Idaho, but always on the move on major roads so unable to photograph. Was hoping people would have some ideas about where they park or congregate.
Afghanistan/St. Maarten – very jealous.
I also believe Geneva to be one of the best cities, along with perhaps Paris or Monte Carlo.
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By: Victor Brumby https://blog.europlate.org.uk/2014/05/11/fake-vehicle-registration/#comment-15998
Thu, 01 Jan 2015 16:19:31 +0000http://blog.europlate.org.uk/?p=2262#comment-15998Sorry not to have acknowledged your question earlier. The days of good spotting in London are long gone, I regret and the only likely places are the big hotels in Mayfair (Park Lane has the Dorchester and the Hilton) where arab supercars congregate, particularly in June-July. I don’t go there any more, but Ivan Thornley visits the M1 motorway services near Luton for a day’s spotting and usually gets a few good photos – mostly from European lorries, but he saw St. Maarten there this year and Afghanistan foreigner in 2012.
It suspect that one of the best cities these days is Geneva.

Vic

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By: plates123 https://blog.europlate.org.uk/2014/05/11/fake-vehicle-registration/#comment-13664
Fri, 17 Oct 2014 10:26:06 +0000http://blog.europlate.org.uk/?p=2262#comment-13664Hi all,
Was hoping to do a bit of crowdsourcing on this blog and find out the best places to find foreign license plates in London. I think a few people might know the city and so may know some good locations. I’ve always found central London to be very dry, but maybe I am looking in the wrong places.
Was hoping to write an article, but I have no permission so a comment on this unrelated article will have to do!
Many thanks
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By: Jake https://blog.europlate.org.uk/2014/05/11/fake-vehicle-registration/#comment-12485
Tue, 16 Sep 2014 15:37:12 +0000http://blog.europlate.org.uk/?p=2262#comment-12485Excellent detective work!
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By: Rob Shepter https://blog.europlate.org.uk/2014/05/11/fake-vehicle-registration/#comment-7424
Mon, 26 May 2014 11:06:32 +0000http://blog.europlate.org.uk/?p=2262#comment-7424The Police in the UK are aware of the use of obsolete or faked registration plates, both in the UK and abroad, and have several systems in place to identify them, including software that tracks these QXnnnn series plates, as very few of them should now exist. With the Schengen Agreement regarding vehicle use finally coming into force later this year, the UK will start receiving updates of vehicles circulating on British plates within the EU and can, and will, notify the foreign countries whether the plates are still valid or not, and thus the foreign police forces can stop the vehicles in question. Whether they will, of course, depends upon their technology and resources, but certain EU countries will be cracking down on this and have recently invested in a lot of ANPR equipment, including from some UK manufacturers, specifically in readiness for this information sharing.
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By: richardpd https://blog.europlate.org.uk/2014/05/11/fake-vehicle-registration/#comment-7077
Wed, 21 May 2014 20:21:42 +0000http://blog.europlate.org.uk/?p=2262#comment-7077QK 525 is on a picture posted on here from a now closed museum in New Zealand, among a lot of yellow bordered export plates.

The only time I’ve seen a current Q plate was on a car in Manchester in 1996.